Traveling clothes-line.



. PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.

s. A. BROWN TRAVELING CLOTHES LINE.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 20, 1903.

N0: MODEL.

. o w o e M attorney Patented December 22, 1 903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SHERMAN BROWN, OF ALDEN, KANSAS.

TRAVELING CLOTHES-LINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,586, dated December22, 1903.

Applioation filed July 20, 1903. Serial No. 166,388. (:No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SHERMAN A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alden in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Traveling Clothes-Lines;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains'to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes-lines,and comprises an endless cable traveling about suitable wheels andsupporting a clothes-line parallel with the cable and so arranged as notto interfere with the cable or the wheels about which it travels, andsuitable motor mechanism. for rotating the cable, whe-reby an operatormay bring different portions of the line at a location convenient toapply or remove clothes from the line.

The invention consists in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a top plan view of my clothesline apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side viewof a portion of the apparatus, showing in elevation the clothes-linesuspended from the cable. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of thewheels about which the cable travels. Fig. 4: is a detail view ofanother form of wheel utilized and about which the cable is adapted totravel.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates an endless cable made of any suitable material, and pivotallymounted upon bracket-arms B are the pulleys O in pairs, one arranged oneach bracket-arm and spaced apart. About the circumferences of saidpulleys are the U- shaped guide members D, of the same construction asthe guide members on the pulley H, hereinafter described, serving tohold the cable upon the circumference of the pulley,

and rotatab'ly mounted and supported upon a pin E, connecting the three.arms F, F, and F at their point of intersection, is a pulley H, which isalso provided with the U-shaped guide members H about its circumferenceto hold the cable to said pulley. The ends of the arms F and F havepivotal connections with the arms B, and the arm F may be adj ustablyheld to asupport or beam K,whereby the tension of the cable may beregulated. The arms B are of sufficient resiliency to permit a limitedmovement toward each other when the arm F is adjusted in its connectionat its free end with the support K. In the drawings are illustratedthree sets of pulleys arranged as described and about which the cable isadapted to turn.

J ournaled in suitable bearings N is a shaft N, having a bevelgear-wheel O fixed thereto which is in mesh with the teeth in the bevelgear-wheel O, which latter is journaled on a suitable post Q. (Shownclearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings.) Said gear-wheel O has the guidemembers R about its circumference to hold the cable about thecircumference of said gear-wheel, and a crank-arm P is fitted to the endof the shaft N, whereby the latter may be rotated and also the wheel 0,having gear connections with said shaft for the purpose of imparting alongitudinal movement to the cable.

'Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be observed that aclothes-line T is suspended from the cable by means of the stay-piecesS, which hold said. clothes-line a suitable distance below the cable andparallel therewith its entire length, and upon said clothes-line theclothes to be dried may be fastened in any suitable manner, and byreason of the line being positioned as illustrated they will not come incontact with the pulleys or other parts of the apparatus by which thecable is rotated.

From the foregoing it will be observed that by the provision of aclothes-line apparatus embodying the features of my invention theclothes may be run out from any location by the simple turning of thecrank and may be returned to the starting-point for removing ,theclothes, thus forming a convenient means for drying clothes without thenecessity 'of the operator walking about.

While I have shown a particular construction of apparatus illustratingmy clothes-line and means for operating the same, it will be understoodthat I may make alterations in the detailed construction of the same, ifdesired, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clothes -line apparatus comprising an endless cable,bracket-arms,supports to which the latter are fixed, pulleys with guide members abouttheir circumference journaled in the ends of said bracket-arms, barsadjust-

